Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 3.djvu/129

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PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1881 "(B) in the case of a State, the income of that State, divided by the population of that State; and "(C) in the case of a unit of general local government, the income of that unit of general local government divided by the population of the unit of general local government; "(7) 'finding of discrimination' means a decision by the Secretary about a complaint described in section 6716(b), a decision by a State or local administrative agency, or other information (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) that it is more likely than not that a unit of general local government has not complied with section 6711(a) or (b); "(8) 'holding of discrimination' means a holding by a United States court, a State court, or an administrative law judge appointed under section 3105 of title 5, United States Code, that a unit of general local government expending amounts received under this chapter has— "(A) excluded a person in the United States from participating in, denied the person the benefits of, or subjected the person to discrimination under, a program or activity because of race, color, national origin, or sex; or "(B) violated a prohibition against discrimination described in section 6711(b); and "(9) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. "(b) DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATION.— The Secretary may enter into agreements with other executive branch departments and agencies to delegate to that department or agency all or part of the Secretary's responsibility for administering this chapter. "(c) TREATMENT OF SUBSUMED AREAS.—I f the entire geographic area of a unit of general local government is located in a larger entity, the unit of general local government is deemed to be located in the larger entity. If only part of the geographic area of a unit is located in a larger entity, each part is deemed to be located in the larger entity and to be a separate unit of general local government in determining allocations under this chapter. Except as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary shall make all data computations based on the ratio of the estimated population of the part to the population of the entire unit of general local government. "(d) BOUNDARY AND OTHER CHANGES. —If a boundary line change, a State statutory or constitutional change, annexation, a governmental reorganization, or other circumstance results in the application of sections 6704 through 6708 in a way that does not carry out the purposes of sections 6701 through 6708, the Secretary shall apply sections 6701 through 6708 under regulations of the Secretary in a way that is consistent with those purposes.". (b) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Within 90 days of the date 3i use 670i of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall issue regulations, "°*®- which may be interim regulations, to implement subsection (a), modifying the regulations for carrying into effect the Revenue Sharing Act that were in effect as of July 1, 1987, and that were published in 31 C.F.R. part 51. The Secretary need not hold a public hearing before issuing these regulations. (c) DEFICIT NEUTRALITY.—Any appropriation to carry out the 3i use 6702 amendment made by this subtitle to title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1995 or 1996 shall be offset by cuts elsewhere in appropriations for that fiscal year. note. 79-194 O—95—5:QL3Part3